- present participle of oil.
oiling
Example Sentences
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I learned that oiling the blade prevents humidity from tarnishing the steel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
While Roy takes care of the heavy machinery, Alfie looks after the sanding and oiling.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024
Once cooled, take it out, preheat the oven again to 450 and repeat the oiling and baking process three to four more times.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023
Blobs of oil washed ashore, oiling birds and shuttering the famed shoreline of Huntington Beach for a week.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
And she remarked to old Grandma, dozing beside her stove with the dial turned all the way to HIGH, and to Tayo who was oiling his hunting boots: “I tell them, ‘It isn’t easy.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
